A transparently scalable visualization architecture for exploring the universe

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-121

  Hanson, Andrew J ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

astronomy; virtual reality; visualization systems and software; Visualization techniques and methodologies

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 35948962539     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2007.2     Document Type: Article

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